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Article: SHORT LIST ANNOUNCED FOR ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE LITERARY PRIZE

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August 17, 2009
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Aug. 12 -- The Brooklyn Borough President issued the following press release:

From nearly 40 submissions, the jury for the first ever St. Francis College Literary Prize has selected a short list of four authors who will now compete for the $50,000 award which will be announced at the Gala Opening Night Party of the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 12. The authors are: Chris Abani, Song For Night (Akashic Books); Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles (Riverhead Books); Jim Krusoe, Girl Factory (Tin House Books) and Arthur Phillips, The Song Is You (Random House).

The jury for the award is a literary all-star team featuring Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon (The Amazing ...

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